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“Interstate travel ban means no business for the tourism sector”

Published on: Monday 1st March 2021

From: Bernama

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Kuala Lumpur: The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (Motac) hopes there will be a new approach to contain the spread of Covid-19, other than continuing the ban on travel between states. His Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri (Image) This is due to the fact that the tourism industry involved the movement of people from one place to another. “If there is no movement, it means that there is no tourism and no economic activity either. For those who have worked in this industry, it also means no jobs and no income.

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“That’s why I hope for a meeting place that can bring people’s health and well-being in harmony,” she said in a statement on Sunday. Following the announcement by the Director General of Health, Tan Sri Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah that allowing travel between districts and states would be considered if 70 to 80 percent of the population were already receiving the Covid-19 vaccine, Nancy said she respects Dr. Noor Hisham to help curb the spread of the viral infection. “At the same time, however, I fear that the statement could have a worse impact on the local tourism industry, which has been affected by the pandemic for a year.

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“As well as talking about the impact on the country’s economy, I am also thinking about the livelihoods and survival of those in the local tourism industry,” she added. Therefore, Nancy hopes to reconsider how interstate travel can be made possible in the interests of the local tourism industry. Dr. Noor Hisham has also been reported that if the population adhered to the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) while taking the Covid-19 vaccine, the country could achieve herd immunity within six to nine more months.